Whirlpool (move)
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| Whirlpool うずしお | |
|---|---|
| The user traps the foe inside a fast, vicious whirlpool that lasts for two to five turns. | |
| Battles | |
| Type | Water |
| Category | Special |
| PP | 15 (max. 24) |
| Power | 15 |
| Accuracy | 70% |
| |
| ??? | |
| Contests | |
| Category | Beauty |
| Appeal | 3 ♥♥♥ |
| Jam | 0 |
| Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited. | |
| Super Contests | |
| Category | Beauty |
| Appeal | 0 |
| Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs. | |
Whirlpool is a mostly accurate Water-type move introduced in Generation II that deals very little damage. It was the first HM move to lose its HM status, and was later followed by Flash and Dive.
Contents |
Effect
Generation II
In battle
Does damage, traps foe for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly each turn.
Outside of battle
Clears whirlpools in the field.
Generation III and on
Does damage, traps foe for 2-5 turns, damaging them slightly each turn.
In the anime
Pokémon
Piplup glows a blue-white color. It then opens it mouth and a huge Whirlpool is released from it.
- Used by Dawn's Piplup from Getting the Pre-Contest Titters to ???
Learnset
Generation II
By HM06
- Squirtle
- Wartortle
- Blastoise
- Psyduck
- Golduck
- Poliwag
- Poliwhirl
- Poliwrath
- Tentacool
- Tentacruel
- Seel
- Dewgong
- Shellder
- Cloyster
- Krabby
- Kingler
- Horsea
- Seadra
- Staryu
- Starmie
- Gyarados
- Lapras
- Vaporeon
- Omanyte
- Omastar
- Kabutops
- Dragonite
- Mew
- Totodile
- Croconaw
- Feraligatr
- Chinchou
- Lanturn
- Marill
- Azumarill
- Politoed
- Wooper
- Quagsire
- Slowking
- Qwilfish
- Corsola
- Remoraid
- Octillery
- Mantine
- Kingdra
- Suicune
- Lugia
Generation III
By leveling up
Generation IV
By leveling up
In other languages
- Spanish: Torbellino.
- Italian: Mulinello.
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
| Variations on the move Fire Spin |
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| Fire Spin | Whirlpool | Sand Tomb |
| Generation II TMs |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| Generation II HMs |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
